The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-18
CURES FOR INSOMNIA.
EC3 GUROETTE GIVES a LONG LIST
OF SURE REMEDIES.


or SURE REMEDIES.
some of the "fnfaiiibic Cures" which
the Humorist Has Jotted Down In His
Little Health Book-One OF the Mys-
teries.
What pleases me when am tormented
with sleepsssness is little health book
Of my own, in which have Jotted down
a few-a very few-of the 'infallible RENE
dies for sleeplessness which have been
tried in thousands--or perhaps il was mil
liOns-Of cases. most Of which were the
prescriber's own immediate family, or, at
the farthest. circle Of immediate friends,
and had never once failed 10 effect per-
manent. and IL is needless To say, instant
cure All Of these cases collectively and
each one by itself individually were and
was exactly like my own in cause, dura-
ton and operation. The simplicity Of the
combined remedy appeals at once TO hu-
man confidence.
Eat nothing within three hours before
retiring.
"A
Just before going To bed. Nature abhors
avacuum. This is one Of the prescriptions
| likeD
Read light literature before going to
bed
Read nothing after supper. Walk
mile in the open air just before bedtime.
Go to your room an hour before retiring
and read until bedtime. Giyeup smoking
altogether.
II you are n smoker, cigar just before
retiring will soothe and tranquillize your
nerves until You can't keep awake
Don't think about sleeping; you scare
away slumber by wooing the drOwsy god.
ADDITIONAL REMEDIES.
Resolutely resolve, as you lie down. that
you will 20 to sleep, and sleep will come
naturally.
Take warm bath and go from the tub
into bed
Take a cold sponge bath. jump into bed,
and you'll be asleep before your head
touches the pillow
Walk slowly about your room half an
hour
Lie on your right side, with your cheek
on your hand.
Lie on your left side, with your head
resting on your arm
Drink milk This, according 10 my
experience. is the best prescription ia the
lot 1t will make you sleep better than
an the bromides going. which are snares
and delusi0ns. But milk diet not only
makes y0u sleep at night, but you want
% sleep all the next day IL makes you
intoerably stupid all the time. IL IS u
very pleasant. half awake feeling, If You
have nothing else to do but To enjoy fall
ing asleep az any time and in all manner
OF places. like Colyille in the best told
story Of these times, Indian summer
but If You have any work 10 do It is EN-
barrassingl
Count mp to 100 II tried this inhuman
biz Of idiocy one night came very near
falling asleep two or three times. but was
started wide awake by suddenly becoming
conscious that | had lost my count, and
had to begin over again. This cure kept
me awake one whole night. while was
50 sleepy could scarcely hold my eyes
open. The friend who gave me this pre-
scription Is not living now. She was a
woman. and ] could not. as a gentleman,
fer her violence so / d0sed box Of
narshmallows with Rough on Rats and
scat them 30 herr r.
WHAT Is TO IT. DONE?
SO. what is a sleepless man who wants
20 sleep going TO doy II be eats "A slight
| luncheon. smokes a mild cigar, read Bun
yer an hour. walks % mile IN the air,
comes back and wniks another mile abont
Dis room, takes sponge bath cold. fol-
lowed by % tub bath warm. drinks pint
Oi milk, jumps into bed and lies ou both
sides. with bis head ON one arm aud one
/ hand. and counts % thousand. d, will be
slime to get up, anyhow and he can have
few nervous fits during the day.
10 is n fact. however. that even men
Whethink they suffer from slceplessuess
do not lie awake hall 80 long as hey i'm
agin- they do. When man says 20 me,
II did not close my eyes once all night, ="
| know he lies. Not intentionally. OF
course he thinks be WAS awake ali night,
the probability is lat he aid not &c, to
sleep until two hours after his regular
time. and 10 seemed an age % him.
Really, il isn't Of,,n that msn lies
awake the whole night through. ! am not
a physician, and caunot speak by the
book. but / believe that men flo about
their restless nights more than any other
III TO which our weak humanity d, heir.
Now take your own case. you remember
the last time you lay awake all night,
don't YOU, Yes. see you do Well,
don yOu remember that same night you
heard the clock strike 2 and then the
next time you beard il it struck Z, Yes,
/ see you do. Well, that's one # the
mysteries about insomnia tina. j. difficult
to explain. -Burdette.
Inndnuss ,fesseuv.r (ompaux